Tag: Low Blood Sugar Hypoglycemia

Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia)

What is Hypoglycemia?

It is a condition where the blood sugar becomes abnormally low. It is a medical Emergency, to be treated immediately. If not, brain damage or death can occur.

What level of blood sugar produces Hypoglycemia?

Blood sugar level below 55 mg\dl produces symptoms.

What produces Hypoglycemia?

Hypoglycemia usually happen in diabetic patients on insulin and or on oral drugs and it happen when they skip meals or eat food very much latter than normal time. Over dose of anti-diabetic drugs can also lower blood sugar.

In non-diabetic people abnormal over work without enough food, excessive drinking alcohol without food (binge) and on fasting for long period can produce hypoglycemia.

Conditions like pituitary insufficiency, liver failure, Addison’s disease, and tumours of pancreas can also produce hypoglycemia.